Online Tax Preparation: Promoting the Web to Avoid P-to-P Piracy Problems

Jupiter Research Corporation
March 27, 2003
4 Pages - SKU: JUPT894151
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Countries covered: United States

Online Tax Preparation: Promoting the Web to Avoid P-to-P Piracy Problems

 
The federal government recently announced that US life expectancy had lengthened by nearly two months since 2000, making death at least more remote, if not less certain. Individual income tax returns, however, are still due on April 15. In the run-up to tax day, it is worth examining taxpayer preparation preferences and the strategies employed by some of the more noteworthy electronic service providers.

Key Questions

  • Does the future belong to Web tax preparation or to desktop tax applications?
  • What effect are Napster-style peer-to-peer (P-to-P) networks like KaZaA having on tax preparation in the US?
  • What kind of demographic and personality segments prepare taxes at different times of the season?
  • Lead Analyst: Robert Sterling
  • Contributing Analysts: Lydia Loizides, David Schatsky


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